Maktoum bin Butti bin Suhail | |
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Sheikh | |
Ruler of Dubai | |
Reign | 9 July 1833 | – 1852
Predecessor | Obeid bin Said bin Rashid |
Successor | Saeed bin Butti |
Died | 1852 |
Father | Butti bin Suhail |
Maktoum bin Butti (Arabic: مكتوم بن بطي) was the joint founder and first ruler of Dubai, today one of the United Arab Emirates, alongside Obeid bin Said bin Rashid, with whom he led a migration of the Al Bu Falasah from Abu Dhabi, seceding from the Bani Yas.
He was a signatory to the 1843 Maritime Truce, the precursor to the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853, as well as the 1847 treaty to abolish the slave trade.